Google cloud t2a VMs are unable to boot arm64 generic-64k kernels
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-kernel-tests |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
This is not necessarily a bug, just an unsupported configuration. Attempts to install and boot a generic-64k kernel on t2a instances result in a failure. The collected console log states:
UEFI: Attempting to start image.
Description: ubuntu
FilePath: HD(15,GPT,
OptionNumber: 2.
Loading Linux 5.15.0-
Loading initial ramdisk ...
EFI stub: ERROR: This 64 KB granular kernel is not supported by your CPU
Application failed, r = 3
Failed to boot both default and fallback entries.
Press any key to continue...
The VM hangs at this point. This latest experiment was done with a jammy image using jammy/linux version 5.15.0-100.110.